5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KAGOS

KAGOS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kago

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How KAGOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAGOS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,805 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

K___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED ALERT TRONE STIRE TRICE THALE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAGOS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAGOS ranks #8,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
256
252
189
168
118
94
78
65
58
53
48
43
36
35
35
23
23
22
21
19
17
17
15
15
13
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAGOS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

20.4% →
TRIED 5.98 bits
10.9% →
ALERT 5.60 bits
10.7% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
8.0% →
STIRE 5.38 bits
7.1% →
TRICE 4.78 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.79 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 4.72 bits
3.3% →
GLIDE 5.10 bits
2.8% →
CORAL 4.27 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for KAGOS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

K5A1G2O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.